'Identity Monarchy': Interrogating Heritage for a Divided Malaysia

dc.contributor.authorMilner, Anthony
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-17T23:31:05Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.updated2020-11-15T07:29:34Z
dc.description.abstractMalaysia, it has been observed, is currently experiencing a “revival” of “Malay kingship” with the growing importance of “proactive and participating constitutional rulers.” In fact, modern Malaysia has since independence been characterized by monarchy—by a multiplicity of Rulers and elaborate royal ceremony and hierarchy —as well as by its “plural society.” But the modern monarchs—though they have never become quite “constitutional Rulers”—cannot be seen as merely “traditional,” because the institution of monarchy was transformed in a fundamental way during the British colonial period. Monarchy continues to be an underexamined feature of the Malaysian polity, and when it is discussed there is a tendency to focus on issues of power and to neglect its sociocultural role. One pre-colonial dimension of monarchy that continues to be significant today—though in a manner less psychologically profound than before—is its identity-giving role. The principal concern of this article is to determine—through a process of hermeneutic retrieval—if this role is merely relevant to the Malay community, or does it possess more inclusive possibilities? Are the Rulers of Malaysia essentially “Malay Rulers” or has the institution a nation-building potential that has so far not been fully utilized? The question is important for a country that many see as becoming increasingly divided.en_AU
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dc.identifier.issn2186-7275en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/227263
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherKyoto Universityen_AU
dc.rights© Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto Universityen_AU
dc.sourceSoutheast Asian Studiesen_AU
dc.title'Identity Monarchy': Interrogating Heritage for a Divided Malaysiaen_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.issue2en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage212en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage191en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationMilner, Anthony, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailu8100125@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidMilner, Anthony, u8100125en_AU
local.description.embargo2099-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.identifier.absfor200202 - Asian Cultural Studiesen_AU
local.identifier.absseo959999 - Cultural Understanding not elsewhere classifieden_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationu9910377xPUB53en_AU
local.identifier.citationvolume1en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.20495/seas.1.2_3en_AU
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84976307731
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu9910377en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttp://englishkyoto-seas.org/en_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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